Improvement in dash-boards



J. E. LINES.

Dash-Board.

Patented M ar. 25, 1879.

WITNESSES W LW {NVENTOR m. ATTORNEY N.PEIERS. PHOTO LTHOGRAP WASHINGTON o c UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

JAMES E. LINES, OF HOMER, ASSIGNOR TO LAWRENCE J. FITZGERALD, OF OORTLANDVILLAGE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN DASH-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,514, dated March 25, 1879; application filed August 30, 1878. C

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES E. LINES, of Homer, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Dashes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the dash-frame and the mode of securing it to the carriage orwagon body.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevated plan view of a carriagedash, with one-half of dash-frame uncovered, and with one dash-foot detached. Fig. 2 is a detail view of detached dash-foot.

A represents the dash-frame, and B B the dash-feet, each ordinarily made of iron.

To the lower bar of the frame A, at or near each of the lower corners of the dash, is welded of otherwise firmly secured a projection, O,

forming, with the dash-foot B, a clasp to receive and be secured to the body-post a, as shown at the right hand in Fig. 1. The clasp O has two apertures, b c. The dash-foot B has, from its upper end, a solid screw projection, (I, and an aperture, 6. The aperture cis provided with threads cut into the sides to correspond with and receive the projecting screw d,- and when the dash-footB is screwed to the clasp O the holes b e are brought opposite each other, with body-post a between, so as to receive the bolt 00, as shown at right hand of Fig. 1, securing the dash firmly to the body of the wagon.

The advantages derived from my invention, as described, are readily seen in the increased security and strength given by the mode of fastening the dash to the body, and also in .myown I hereto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. LINES. Witnesses:

O. M. TITUS, L. J. FITZGERALD. 

